Beneath the widespread stubborn American refusal to understand the Russian government’s motives for its condemnable invasion of Ukraine is the equally widespread stubborn refusal to learn from the U.S. government’s wrong moves with respect to Russia over the last 30 years. But even deeper is the widespread stubborn refusal to even entertain the possibility that the U.S. government might have made any wrong moves at all.
Structure, Loyalty, and Power: Understanding China’s Party-State Under Xi Jinping
In late January 2026, China’s Ministry of National Defense announced investigations into two of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) most senior officers: General Zhang Youxia, long-time vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a close Xi Jinping...
